Not filled your holiday loot bag yet? Never fear — we’re midway through Holiday Bazaar season and there’s a lot more shopping to be done. Here’s the list of what’s left of this year’s chunky bazaar season in Beijing for 2013:
Sat, Nov 23
WAB’s Annual Parent Link Charity Bazaar
This year’s WAB Parent Link Charity Bazaar promises to be a great opportunity to purchase holiday gifts for the coming seasons, watch some dazzling performances, enjoy fun activities with the family, and even have a family portrait taken for your holiday cards.
Time: 10.30am-3.30pm
Kids activities/area: Christmas card making, face painting, arts and crafts, and chocolate painting. While shopping parents can leave their kids under the care of Grade 12 students for a fee of RMB 100 (no time limit) at the elementary school library.
Food and drinks: Baked goods, eat-in or take away (Korean, Chinese, ASEAN, Mexican, Italian, Indian, Finnish, bagels, sausages and sandwiches)
Price: free to attend.
Charities: Yingbo Kindergarten; Yearn-to-Learn, a school for mentally disabled children (sponsorship of a teacher for one year); and Little Adoption Shop (a Beijing-based animal adoption center and shelter)
Contact: charitybazaar@wab.edu.
Sat, Nov 23
BSB Shunyi’s Christmas Fayre
This year, the British School of Beijing Shunyi’s Christmas Fayre will host an outdoor German style Christmas market, an indoor Christmas activities center and a tree lighting ceremony. There will be homemade jams, teas, cheeses, baked goods and chocolates to handmade handicrafts, photography, jewelry, cashmere scarves and unique cards and papers. School orchestra, wind band, Choirs singing Christmas carols from the junior, senior and mixed age groups. Taking a photo with Santa to take home and put up on your mantle.
Kids activities/area: there will be games rooms with activities being led by the different year groups for different ages. The four-house schools will have a gingerbread house competition for all to join in and help out.
Food and drinks: German style food and mulled wine
Time: 4-7:30pm
Price: free
Charities: School charities
Contact: British School of Beijing, Sanlitun Campus
Sun, Nov 24
The Gift @ CISB
In it’s fifth year, The Gift Charity bazaar will be hosted at the Canadian International School of Beijing gym where stand with gifts by Tai Tai, ceramics by Soul Collection; a 798 gallery, a new line of jewelry by Starfish Project; a local charity, artwork by local artists, quirky Beijing inspired Christmas cards, unique children’s apparel by Little Animals Knitwear and more will be assembled. There will be live music all day with a line up of Avodah, Eluvia and The China Conservatory of music.
Kids area: activities and crafts brought to you by The New City Center, Beijingkids and others
Food and drinks: lunch and snacks by Tex-Mex, Punjabi Indian, Sweets by Bread of Life Bakery, Lollipop Bakery and others
Time: 11am-4pm
Price: RMB 10 for Adults, free for kids below 10
Contact: www.stageoneproductions.org/thegift
Wed, Nov 27
Coffee & Books Christmas bazaarDulwich’s Coffee and Books will be hosting a Christmas fair for friends and families to get the chance to buy Christmas gifts, jewelry, silks, gifts wraps and much more.
Time: 10am-2pm
Food and drinks: baked goods and holiday drinks such as mulled wine, hot chocolate
Price: free to attend
Charities: Coffee and books school charities
Contact: Mary Kate Brown (brownmarykate@yahoo.co.uk) if you want to get a table
Sat, Nov 30
German Christmas Charity Bazaar The German Embassy opens its doors to the public once a year for its Christmas bazaar where people can get a chance at early shopping of some homemade crafts and enjoy a few caroling performances. The only drawback is that there is a long line of people wanting to get in. Please take your passport with you.
Time: 11am to 5pm
Food and drinks: German style food specialties such as sausages and mulled wine
Price: Free to attend
Contact: 8532 9000
Sat, Nov 30
BCIS/MCF Christmas Bazaar This year, the joint Beijing City International School and the Migrant Children Foundation will have over 60 Christmas shopping stalls with a range of products, a Christmas tree lighting ceremony, a raffle draw, wine tasting also live music and performances by the kids from both MCF and BCIS.
Kids activities/area: children’s corner and entertainment such as arts and crafts and a visit from Santa.
Food and drinks: different vendors
Time: 11am-3pm
Price: free to attend
Charities: MCF’s health check program
Contact: 8771 7171, www.bcis.cn
Sun, Dec 1
BSB Sanlitun Christmas Fayre The British School of Beijing’s annual Christmas Fayre is an annual charity fund raiser with stalls selling wonderful gifts and tasty treats. There will also be a raffle with fantastic prizes to be won.
Time: 11am-3pm
Kids activities/area: specific stalls set up offering different activities.
Food and drinks: mince pies and mulled wine
Price: RMB 10 and free for children under 12
Charities: Thirst and UNICEF China
Contact: 8532 3088
Wed, Dec 11 through Sun, Dec 15
The International Culture Carnival and Christmas Market features jewellery, homewares, gift wares, toys, books, crafts, beauty products, clothing and more, as well as food and market stalls, entertainment and children’s rides.
Time: 10am-6pm
Food and drinks: for sale by vendors
Price: free to attend
Contact: http://www.cnhrexpo.com
Sat, Dec 14
The Hutong Christmas Fayre The Hutong Christmas Fayrewill have a “warm-winter” theme and they will be serving piping hot cups of vinbrulé. This is for the last minute shopper who still has not found that rare gem to give during Christmas from Affordable Art, BJ Postcards, Great Leap Brewery, Hani Coffee, Hummingbird Spa, Le Fromager de Pekin, Lollipop Cupcakes, Puddington Pies, Shangrila Farms, Tai Tai, Tea Journeys, Tutextiles, Viaggio Scarves, and more.
Time: 11am-3pm
Food and drinks: provided by The Hutong
Price: free to attend
Contact: http://thehutong.com/christmas-fayre/
And as usual, keep your eyes glued to our events section here for more things to do for families in Beijing, for this season and beyond!
Photo courtesy of The Gift
